PYOR has extensive expertise building in crypto and has played major roles in the creation of several large Indian unicorns, as well as extensive experience in global blue chip organisations.
Hourglass is an operator of a financial marketplace intended to trade locked-up DeFi assets.
Developer of a unified multi-chain network designed to unify the world's blockchain and to make it secure, efficient, and easy to use for developers and users. The company offers a secure chain-to-chain interoperability protocol that focuses on connecting the blockchains with a layer2 network that is easy, safe, and secure for the end-user, enabling users to receive liquidity on the platform and earn yields.
Harpie is a non-custodial and wallet-adjacent solution to cryptocurrency wallet security. Sign up in just a few clicks with only an email.
Synquote is a decentralized options trading platform with liquidity across 500+ instruments.
Aya is building a marketplace for qualified web3 African skilled talents for global early-stage startups
Aya is building a marketplace for qualified web3 African skilled talents for global early-stage startups
RedStone is a next-generation cross-chain data oracle that specializes in providing pricing data for financial protocols. The company develops modular oracles that deliver data feeds compatible with both layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains, including rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) solutions. RedStone's offerings include liquid staking tokens and liquid restaking tokens, as well as an online decentralized finance platform designed to utilize blockchain's permanent storage capabilities. This platform supports cross-chain data services while ensuring an audit trail, which enhances transparency and reliability. Additionally, RedStone enables decentralized finance providers to implement automatic dispute mechanisms, bolstered by insurance through staking, thereby facilitating more secure and efficient transactions.
thirdweb is an end to end developer tool accelerating teams building web3 apps, games, tokens, NFTs, marketplaces, DAOs and more. It provides powerful SDKs for developers and enables them to build web3 apps, and deploy custom or pre-built smart contracts. It was founded in 2020 by Furqan Rydhan and Steven Bartlett and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Aurigami Company is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol. Customers may easily lend, borrow, and earn interest with their digital assets according to this. In exchange for passive income, depositors offer liquidity to the protocol, which allows users to borrow money with excessive collateral. Aurigami, in contrast to similar protocols, places a strong emphasis on gamification. Depositors contribute liquidity to the protocol in order to earn a passive income, whereas borrowers can borrow in an over-collateralized fashion.
MoHash is a decentralized finance (Defi) protocol that harnesses crypto assets (namely, stablecoins) for providing access to global capital and liquidity for private debt in fast-growing Economies.
zCloak Network is a developer of a decentralized platform that focuses on creating a confidential computation infrastructure for the Polkadot network. The company offers zero-knowledge proof as a service, allowing users to compute and analyze personal data without transmitting it to third-party servers. This approach enhances data privacy and security, enabling customers to protect their private information from theft or misuse. By leveraging cryptographic technology, zCloak Network aims to provide a secure environment for handling sensitive data, thereby addressing growing concerns over data privacy in digital interactions.
Otterspace is an NFT company focused on leveraging earned NFTs to reward and recognize participation in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The company's non-transferable badge protocol helps DAOs create effective incentive systems, automate permissions, and facilitate governance without relying on financial incentives. Otterspace also develops DAO onboarding software that features a modular and composable toolset, designed to streamline the user experience for joining and contributing to a DAO. This approach aims to make the transition to decentralized governance clear and accessible, particularly for those familiar with traditional Web2 environments.
Provider of crypto custody services intended to keep private keys secure and make assets available on demand. The company's services specialize in creating a decentralized network leveraging advanced threshold cryptography and multi-party computation, enabling crypto owners to securely store and use their crypto on any blockchain.
Euler XYZ Limited, incorporated in 2020 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in developing a lending protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. This non-custodial protocol facilitates the lending and borrowing of a wide range of cryptocurrency assets, allowing users to engage in decentralized finance activities without relinquishing control of their assets.
Merge provides crypto and web3 companies with a range of banking and payments solutions enabling them to instantly create bank accounts, send payments and seamlessly convert funds between fiat and crypto.
Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectable combat role-playing games for core gamers. Azra Games is led by Mark Otero, a world-renowned online strategy game developer whose most recent game generated over $1 billion in sales. Their crew has over 70 years of combined gaming industry expertise. They are now providing the core gaming experience that core gamers desire to Web3. Azra Games is headquartered in Sacramento, United States.
Satori is an on-chain derivatives exchange built for both retail and institutional investors in the Polkadot ecosystem.
Developer of a web3 development platform designed for decentralized finance applications. The company's platform facilitates back-end infrastructure, building and scaling decentralized applications by combining user authentication, identity management, real-time transaction information, and session management, enabling clients to access and manage data related to non-fungible tokens and balances across multiple blockchains.
Zora operates as a crypto-driven marketplace.
Amberdata Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed for monitoring, analyzing, and securing both public and private blockchains. Founded in 2017 and based in West New York, New Jersey, the company offers tools, APIs, and SDKs that cater to traders, investors, developers, and wallet providers. By consolidating validated blockchain and crypto market data from major exchanges into a unified platform, Amberdata enables its clients to build data-driven applications that enhance their competitive edge. The platform supports various functionalities, including research, trading, risk management, and compliance, and allows for the integration of historical data through multiple protocols. This comprehensive approach equips financial institutions with the necessary infrastructure to engage in digital asset markets effectively.
0x Protocol operates an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the protocol serves as a standard for decentralized exchanges, promoting interoperability among applications that require exchange functionality. The offerings include 0x Instant, which allows for crypto purchasing within apps and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit, which assists in launching relayers. Additionally, ZEIP-23 enables the trading of bundles of assets. The protocol supports developers in building relayers, utilizing networked liquidity, and engaging in market making, catering to a diverse range of markets from gaming items to financial instruments.
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Hyperithm is a private digital asset manager that provides comprehensive cryptocurrency services tailored for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The company operates a fund management platform and a digital asset gateway, facilitating digital asset management and execution brokerage. Its clientele includes publicly listed companies, family offices, venture capital firms, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges and miners. Hyperithm aims to streamline cryptocurrency trading for its clients, ensuring efficient and effective management of digital assets.
Arkane takes care of the complexity so you can offer a Web 2.0 experience while using the power of blockchain under the hood
ShapeShift AG, founded in July 2014 and based in Zug, Switzerland, operates a web and API platform that facilitates the conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins with a focus on consumer protection and efficiency. The platform allows users to exchange a range of cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin, Peercoin, and Dogecoin, among others. In 2019, ShapeShift enhanced its services to enable users to self-custody their crypto assets, providing the capability to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive digital currencies without relying on third-party trust. Additionally, ShapeShift offers several tools and services such as the ShapeShift Lens Extension for payments, a mobile application for asset exchanges, and the Shifty Button for businesses to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The company also operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017.
Developer of a competitive gaming platform designed to build multiplayer games powered by the latest artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. The company's games are character-based and can be played on any device with built-in e-sports formats, optimized, and powered by a publishing and analytics platform that provides themed experiences, shared story worlds, and builds games with characters and stories, enabling gamers to experience mobile entertainment through familiar role-playing games (RPG) and casual games and earn from them by monetizing their skills.
Diagonal is a developer of a non-custodial protocol that facilitates recurring payments on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform enables businesses to manage subscriptions directly through secure smart contracts, offering a straightforward application programming interface for integration. With its tested infrastructure, Diagonal allows companies to implement on-chain subscription services with minimal coding, ensuring that all payment processing and logic are handled through decentralized mechanisms. This approach provides businesses with a reliable and efficient solution for managing subscription-based transactions.
Developer of an end-to-end development platform designed to build innovative blockchain products. The company provides a comprehensive blockchain developer platform for real-time monitoring, alerting, debugging, and simulating smart contracts, enabling teams and companies to monitor and test the smart contracts that power decentralized apps.
Socket is a developer of a multichain interoperability platform that connects various blockchain networks, facilitating seamless asset and information transfers. By acting as a meta-layer, Socket enables the creation of unified, multichain applications that share liquidity and state across different chains. Its platform simplifies the development of cross-chain applications by unifying liquidity across bridges and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), allowing users to route funds based on their preferences such as fees, speed, or security. This approach enhances the efficiency and functionality of blockchain interactions, benefiting developers and users alike.
VALR is a cryptocurrency exchange platform based in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2018. It provides a digital asset trading service that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and transfer over 50 different cryptocurrencies. The platform emphasizes security, incorporating multiple layers of protection to safeguard customer accounts and funds. VALR aims to offer a fair and transparent financial service, contributing to the development of a more inclusive financial system.
Zebec is a financial platform built on the Solana blockchain that focuses on transforming payroll transactions through continuous settlement. By utilizing decentralized finance (DeFi) technology, Zebec enables real-time and ongoing streams of payments, allowing users to efficiently manage their payroll. The platform facilitates the composable transfer of value, starting with its Stream Payroll feature, which supports the conversion of cryptocurrency into cash while ensuring compliance. This innovative approach aims to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of payroll processes for businesses and their employees.
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency. It automatically syncs transactions into one unified dashboard and helps users file their crypto taxes with the click of a button.
Folks Finance is a leading algorithmic capital markets protocol for lending and borrowing, developed on the Algorand blockchain. It provides users with the ability to earn continuous economic returns by depositing liquidity, while also allowing them to secure crypto loans by using their deposits as collateral. The protocol emphasizes soundness and security through its innovative economic lending model and includes features such as staking of rewards, safety margins for cryptocurrency pairs, and a unique liquidity provision system. Developed by Blockchain Italia, a firm specializing in Algorand, Folks Finance aims to deliver scalable, low-cost, and secure financial tools for digital assets, enabling users to actively participate in Algorand governance.
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in the Middle East, providing a platform for buying, selling, and trading various digital currencies. The company operates within the framework of local regulations, ensuring compliance and security for its users. As a digital currency service provider, Rain aims to facilitate access to the growing cryptocurrency market, catering to both individual and institutional clients. Through its services, Rain supports the adoption of digital assets in the region, contributing to the overall development of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Developer of a multi-chain cryptocurrencies portfolio tracker designed for users to manage their DeFi assets. The company's cryptocurrency wallet allows users to track their full portfolio, compare interest rates, manage assets, find DeFi projects, analyze risks and more, enabling users to perform token swaps for token exchange and discover investment opportunities through detailed real-time data.
Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface to access the benefits of decentralised finance. We provide better products built on blockchain and help people take control of their money.
Emerging Impact modernizes financial services in emerging markets through blockchain technology. It is a benefit corporation that supports NGOs and government agencies leverage blockchain technology as a tool for humanitarian programming. The Oakland, California-headquartered company was established in 2020.
Mysten Labs, founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, California, develops foundational infrastructure to promote the adoption of web3 technologies. The company focuses on enhancing the development of decentralized services by simplifying the complexities associated with lower-level blockchain integrations. By providing essential tools and improvements across multiple blockchain networks, Mysten Labs enables developers to concentrate on delivering superior user experiences, thereby facilitating broader engagement with web3 applications.
Parcl is a digital real estate protocol built on the blockchain. The company's headquarters are in New York City.
Titan is an intelligent mining management software suite, transparent mining pool, and decentralized protocol for global hashpower trading. Built by miners for miners, Titan makes mining easy, profitable, and scalable. Titan was formed and founded within Bloq in 2018, by Ryan Condron, Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak. Most mining management software options are either incomplete or difficult to scale. The Titan software makes management and optimization easy for cryptocurrency mines of any size. Titan's Next Generation Mining Pool offers a powerful North American alternative and a way for the continent’s Bitcoin miners to achieve the efficiency and scale enjoyed by miners in other regions. For more information about the Titan Network - please visit titan.io to read our whitepaper.
Operator of a decentralized social platform intended to convert crypto punks NFT into avatars. The company's network allows users to escape the constraints of the real world by using NFT avatars, enabling users to freely express themselves by maximizing their imagination in the social metaverse.
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Developer of an online crypto trading platform designed to provide users to take option positions on various cryptocurrencies The company's platform offers a simple way to express a view on price, hedge risk and trade digital asset markets and features a trading automation tool that helps in executing profitable trades, enabling both novice and sophisticated users with decision support tools and resources for online trading.
Neptune Mutual is a developer of a parametric cover platform aimed at protecting user funds from risks associated with cryptocurrency, including exploits related to exchanges, custody providers, and smart contracts. The platform focuses on creating user-centric hedging products on the blockchain, providing investors with tools to mitigate the impact of malicious activities in the digital asset space. By exploring innovative approaches to risk protection, Neptune Mutual seeks to enhance security and confidence among cryptocurrency users.
Worldcoin is a global digital currency initiative aimed at distributing a free share of its currency to every individual on Earth. The platform focuses on enhancing privacy and transparency through a permissionless blockchain. Worldcoin employs an iris-scanning device that creates a unique digital identity known as World ID. This system not only facilitates the issuance of its digital currency but also securely stores biometric information, which helps prevent fraudulent account creation by discouraging spammers from registering multiple times. Through these innovations, Worldcoin seeks to promote equitable access to digital currency while maintaining user privacy.
Developer of decentralized protocol designed for lending and borrowing. The company improves capital efficiency by earning yields on idle funds and empowers a large range of DeFi yield strategies, enabling users to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets.
Forta Network is a developer of a security protocol aimed at preventing the exploitation of smart contracts within the blockchain ecosystem. The platform offers a decentralized, community-based security system that focuses on mitigating risks and detecting real-time threats, thus enabling users to secure their smart contracts effectively. As the blockchain landscape has evolved, particularly with the rise of programmable networks, Forta Network addresses a critical need by enhancing the safety of smart contracts for developers and users alike. By leveraging its innovative approach, the company contributes to the broader goal of ensuring secure interactions within the blockchain market.
Yellow Card Financial, LLC operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies without the need for a bank account. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chamblee, Georgia, the company offers a range of services including over-the-counter cryptocurrency trading, payment solutions, and currency exchange. Additionally, Yellow Card provides gift cards for cryptocurrency, aiming to transform the traditional remittance market in Nigeria and other countries. The company also has physical locations in Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa, enhancing its accessibility for customers seeking to engage in cryptocurrency transactions.
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BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.
Developer of a blockchain-based operational intelligence platform designed to monitor, analyze, and provide actionable insights for decentralized systems. The company's platform helps to keep blockchain networks up and running and it identifies the anomalies affecting performance that require action, enabling companies to improve reliability and performance, ultimately contributing to growth worldwide.
Operator of a non-fungible tokens platform intended to reach the masses with a new form of ownership and utility. The company's platform works with creators to bring collections to their audience, by democratizing access to NFTs at multiple price entry points, enabling artists in crafting and curating their content on the platform, and allowing users to support their favorite artists.
Floating Point Group is a cryptocurrency firm based in New York City that specializes in smart-order-routing(SOR) technology. The system solves market illiquidity, allowing block trades that would normally be executed by OTC desks to be routed through cryptocurrency exchanges while intelligently avoid slippage- bolstering the markets and decreasing volatility. Similar to the evolution of the traditional financial markets, SOR systems are necessary for the successful maturation of cryptocurrency. Floating Point Group integrates technology for the digital currency markets into trading strategies through a single API. The platform is offering innovative, industry-leading trade execution and settlement. They help hedge funds, asset managers, and institutional investors adapt to rapidly evolving market structure with a platform of modular trading technology that lets them deploy customizable trading applications for order execution, market data, and trade settlement with just a couple lines of code.
Building the modern system for managing and automating contributor payments, expenses, and reporting for your DAO, built right on top of Gnosis.
Liquality is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency provider based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in facilitating cross-chain atomic swaps. The company operates an atomic swap interface platform that enables users to seamlessly exchange digital assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoin DAI on the mainnet. Liquality has developed a Chain Abstraction Layer, which enhances the security and efficiency of these swaps, and it is currently live for use between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Additionally, Liquality is working on an autonomous agent to create listings for users' cryptocurrencies and provides access to a suite of decentralized finance (DeFi) products directly from users' wallets. Its open-source contracts ensure that funds remain secure and are fully owned by users until execution, promoting a disintermediated approach to digital asset exchange and liquidity expansion.
CoinDCX is a company that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. The company focuses on developing borderless financial services that ensure a simpler and uninterrupted flow of capital. Its liquidity, powerful wallet, and impenetrable security make the trading experience fast, reliable, and effortless. CoinDCX has empowered its traders with a bouquet of industry-first products to trade using liquidity from exchanges. The products are designed for all types of traders keeping their trading experience, risk tolerance, and trading frequency into consideration. The company aims to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone. CoinDCX was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Liquality is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency provider based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in facilitating cross-chain atomic swaps. The company operates an atomic swap interface platform that enables users to seamlessly exchange digital assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoin DAI on the mainnet. Liquality has developed a Chain Abstraction Layer, which enhances the security and efficiency of these swaps, and it is currently live for use between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Additionally, Liquality is working on an autonomous agent to create listings for users' cryptocurrencies and provides access to a suite of decentralized finance (DeFi) products directly from users' wallets. Its open-source contracts ensure that funds remain secure and are fully owned by users until execution, promoting a disintermediated approach to digital asset exchange and liquidity expansion.
Developer of a mobile cryptocurrency application designed to create convenience for the crypto market. The company's application provides all the features of a crypto exchange platform and gives access to different financial services and the opportunity to safely buy, sell, manage, and utilize blockchain-based assets, enabling crypto owners to accelerate the transition towards an open financial system.
Zabo is a financial technology company that integrates traditional banking with cryptocurrency services. It offers a comprehensive banking solution that includes checking and savings accounts, a debit card, and direct deposit capabilities. The platform allows users to easily exchange cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, directly from their bank accounts. Zabo's application is built on an API framework, enabling seamless connection of cryptocurrency accounts with minimal coding required. Additionally, it supports hardware wallet integration, facilitating the buying, selling, and transferring of cryptocurrencies for its clients.
CoinDCX is a company that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. The company focuses on developing borderless financial services that ensure a simpler and uninterrupted flow of capital. Its liquidity, powerful wallet, and impenetrable security make the trading experience fast, reliable, and effortless. CoinDCX has empowered its traders with a bouquet of industry-first products to trade using liquidity from exchanges. The products are designed for all types of traders keeping their trading experience, risk tolerance, and trading frequency into consideration. The company aims to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone. CoinDCX was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Livepeer, Inc. operates a decentralized platform for live video broadcasting over the Internet. Founded in 2017 and based in New York City, the company enables broadcasters, developers, and users to share content freely. It integrates a blockchain-based crypto-token protocol with economic incentives and an open media server, facilitating a peer-to-peer network for video streaming. This platform is designed to cater to user-generated content needs, providing tools, APIs, and resources for developers to incorporate live video into their projects. By promoting open-source code and fostering creative contributions, Livepeer aims to enhance and secure its network while supporting diverse user interests and skill sets.
Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America.
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Qredo Ltd is based in London and operates an online platform that facilitates the secure movement of digital assets for institutional traders. Established in 2011, the company offers a decentralized, institutional-grade liquidity protocol that enhances security and custody for digital assets. Qredo's platform eliminates the complexities and risks associated with wallet key management, addressing operational and cyber-security challenges in the trading, storage, and transfer of digital assets. By providing tools for treasury and fund management, as well as peer-to-peer trading venues, Qredo enables businesses to operate efficiently and securely within the cryptocurrency custody industry.
Umee is a decentralized infrastructure for cross-chain interactions between networks.
Set Labs is creating the next generation of finance through crypto-financial primitives. The company is developing tools that enable developers to bundle crypto assets together called Sets, which allow users to create cryptocurrency baskets, baskets of non-fungibles, baskets of on-chain securities, and more.
Developer of a mobile cryptocurrency application designed to create convenience for the crypto market. The company's application provides all the features of a crypto exchange platform and gives access to different financial services and the opportunity to safely buy, sell, manage, and utilize blockchain-based assets, enabling crypto owners to accelerate the transition towards an open financial system.
Hashdex is an investment platform that connects traditional financial markets to the emerging world of digital assets. It aims to unlock the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by offering secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment products. The platform is designed to provide access to a variety of blockchain assets while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. With features such as minimal management fees and the ability for daily subscriptions and redemptions, Hashdex facilitates convenient exposure to the digital asset space, merging the expertise of finance with innovative technology.
Hashdex is an investment platform that connects traditional financial markets to the emerging world of digital assets. It aims to unlock the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by offering secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment products. The platform is designed to provide access to a variety of blockchain assets while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. With features such as minimal management fees and the ability for daily subscriptions and redemptions, Hashdex facilitates convenient exposure to the digital asset space, merging the expertise of finance with innovative technology.
Hyperithm is a private digital asset manager that provides comprehensive cryptocurrency services tailored for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The company operates a fund management platform and a digital asset gateway, facilitating digital asset management and execution brokerage. Its clientele includes publicly listed companies, family offices, venture capital firms, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges and miners. Hyperithm aims to streamline cryptocurrency trading for its clients, ensuring efficient and effective management of digital assets.
Lido is a provider of liquid staking solutions for staked assets and Ethereum. The platform lets users stake their assets for daily staking rewards. Users can stake any amount of tokens - no minimum. It issues synthetic native tokens for every Ethereum staked via its protocol, thereby enabling users to stake Ethereum and receive an asset of equal value which can be used in various DeFi applications to earn yield.
Skew Ltd develops and operates online marketplace that provides market intelligence for crypto derivatives markets. Its platform provides real time data analytics for bitcoin and ether derivatives; customized services to suit users’ needs as a trader, investor, and researcher; and provides market participants with an overview of crypto markets. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Risk Harbor operates a risk management marketplace focused on decentralized finance (DeFi), providing a platform that allows liquidity providers and stakers to protect themselves against smart contract vulnerabilities. The marketplace features an automated and transparent claims process, ensuring fairness and impartiality. It enables users to create diverse pools of protection using DeFi assets and offers functionalities such as objective claims handling and risk composability. By integrating new protocols, Risk Harbor enhances clients' potential for earnings and security, allowing them to assess risk and data in a secure environment. The company's mission is to facilitate a smooth transition to decentralized financial services by eliminating the necessity for trusted intermediaries, thereby promoting a truly open and permissionless financial system for all.
Covalent Research & Development Inc. is a technology company based in Vancouver, Canada, focused on enhancing transparency and accountability in the cryptocurrency sector. Established in 2018, Covalent develops a data analytics suite that addresses significant infrastructure challenges obstructing blockchain adoption. Its offerings include on-chain data and analytics for the Ethereum network, as well as APIs that provide visibility and transparency across various blockchain networks. The company aims to bridge centralized databases with decentralized blockchain technologies, thereby facilitating adoption among enterprises and consumers. Covalent supports several leading decentralized finance protocols and is actively building tools like SafeKeeep, which aims to improve data availability and record-keeping in the DeFi space. The company’s team comprises industry veterans with extensive experience in database and distributed systems, underscoring its commitment to driving innovation in blockchain technology.
BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.
FalconX, Ltd. is a digital asset trading platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing trading solutions using data science and blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, the company has rapidly established itself in the market, achieving $7 billion in global trading volume over a recent ten-month period, with a quarterly growth rate exceeding 600%. FalconX caters to a diverse clientele, including over 100 financial institutions such as hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, payment gateways, and cryptocurrency exchanges. The platform is designed to offer reliable execution for mid-to-large size trades, employing machine learning to optimize trade execution by smart routing orders across various liquidity sources. This approach helps clients minimize slippage and eliminate hidden fees, facilitating efficient currency exchange and transfer within the cryptocurrency markets.
Fei Labs is focused on developing a decentralized stablecoin that aims to address challenges associated with existing dollar-pegged products, particularly those influenced by large holders, commonly referred to as "whales." The company has created a unique stablecoin mechanism that is undercollateralized and designed for scalability, promoting capital efficiency and equitable distribution among users. By leveraging this innovative approach, Fei Labs enables users to utilize their stablecoins to maintain liquid secondary markets, thereby enhancing overall market functionality while ensuring a fully decentralized framework.
Eco is a digital cryptocurrency platform designed to facilitate global transactions for everyday use. It operates independently from any single organization or government, aiming to create a more equitable distribution of resources by sharing the majority of the economic value generated with its community. The platform features a digital wallet that combines savings accounts, rewarded spending, and bill payment into a single, user-friendly interface. This innovative approach encourages effective money management and aligns the interests of the company with its users, fostering a sustainable financial system. Additionally, Eco is supported by a network of verified organizations worldwide, ensuring that its services remain safe and reliable for all users.
Eco is a digital cryptocurrency platform designed to facilitate global transactions for everyday use. It operates independently from any single organization or government, aiming to create a more equitable distribution of resources by sharing the majority of the economic value generated with its community. The platform features a digital wallet that combines savings accounts, rewarded spending, and bill payment into a single, user-friendly interface. This innovative approach encourages effective money management and aligns the interests of the company with its users, fostering a sustainable financial system. Additionally, Eco is supported by a network of verified organizations worldwide, ensuring that its services remain safe and reliable for all users.
0x Protocol operates an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the protocol serves as a standard for decentralized exchanges, promoting interoperability among applications that require exchange functionality. The offerings include 0x Instant, which allows for crypto purchasing within apps and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit, which assists in launching relayers. Additionally, ZEIP-23 enables the trading of bundles of assets. The protocol supports developers in building relayers, utilizing networked liquidity, and engaging in market making, catering to a diverse range of markets from gaming items to financial instruments.
Opyn is building an insurance marketplace to protect cryptocurrency users against system risks in Decentralized Finance.
The Bling platform enables users to earn loyalty rewards, such as Bitcoin, for doing things you already do, like playing games!
Developer of a blockchain protocol designed to facilitate private and asset-agnostic cash. The company's protocol handles the cryptocurrency exchange automatically and at the market rate with private bartering among any number of parties, enabling users to transact and trade in cryptocurrency securely and privately.
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.
Bison Trails allows the user to run secure infrastructure on multiple blockchains.
The company's technology platform provides enterprise-grade security, multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, and a 99.99% uptime guarantee for node operators. Its aim is to strengthen the entire blockchain ecosystem, by providing a robust and secure infrastructure for the blockchain pioneers of tomorrow.
Developer of a decentralized financial contracts platform designed to trade in derivative products. The company's product allows risk to move across the internet without a centralized authority or single point of failure, enabling customers to create their own financial products and benefit from automatic enforcement and instant settlement.
Developer of a financial application designed to reduce risk through diversification and decentralized governance. The company's currency provides a hyperinflation-protected savings account to assist users in protecting their money while being scalable and open to all, enabling customers to easily pay their international suppliers while keeping their money out of inflation-prone local currency.
Titan is an intelligent mining management software suite, transparent mining pool, and decentralized protocol for global hashpower trading. Built by miners for miners, Titan makes mining easy, profitable, and scalable. Titan was formed and founded within Bloq in 2018, by Ryan Condron, Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak. Most mining management software options are either incomplete or difficult to scale. The Titan software makes management and optimization easy for cryptocurrency mines of any size. Titan's Next Generation Mining Pool offers a powerful North American alternative and a way for the continent’s Bitcoin miners to achieve the efficiency and scale enjoyed by miners in other regions. For more information about the Titan Network - please visit titan.io to read our whitepaper.
CoinDCX is a company that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. The company focuses on developing borderless financial services that ensure a simpler and uninterrupted flow of capital. Its liquidity, powerful wallet, and impenetrable security make the trading experience fast, reliable, and effortless. CoinDCX has empowered its traders with a bouquet of industry-first products to trade using liquidity from exchanges. The products are designed for all types of traders keeping their trading experience, risk tolerance, and trading frequency into consideration. The company aims to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone. CoinDCX was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in the Middle East, providing a platform for buying, selling, and trading various digital currencies. The company operates within the framework of local regulations, ensuring compliance and security for its users. As a digital currency service provider, Rain aims to facilitate access to the growing cryptocurrency market, catering to both individual and institutional clients. Through its services, Rain supports the adoption of digital assets in the region, contributing to the overall development of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Espresso Systems focuses on scaling and privacy solutions for Web 3 applications, specifically within the blockchain sector. The company specializes in "shared sequencing," a process where sequencers verify and batch transactions on layer-2 blockchains before relaying them to a layer-1 chain, such as Ethereum, for settlement. In addition to its blockchain expertise, Espresso Systems offers a robust infrastructure for online transaction technology, catering to the needs of clients in the online payment industry. This infrastructure enables efficient transaction processing and interaction, supporting the development of a more scalable and privacy-focused third generation of the World Wide Web.
Developer of a decentralized interoperability software designed to connect blockchain ecosystems and applications with users. The company's software is powered by byzantine consensus, cryptography, and mechanism design protocols that let applications live on different blockchains to communicate with each other, enabling users to get a distributed network, APIs, and tools to make it easy to build cross-chain decentralized applications.
Blocknative specializes in in-flight transaction data, focusing on the critical activities that occur before a transaction is confirmed on a blockchain. This aspect of blockchain operations is both technically complex and costly to manage, allowing the company to create unique data assets that establish significant barriers to entry for competitors. The firm offers a decentralized application development platform that allows developers to integrate an embedded JavaScript widget, simplifying complex blockchain interactions and enhancing user experiences. Blocknative has successfully attracted a diverse clientele, including decentralized applications (DApps), wallets, exchanges, and service providers. The company's experienced team has a strong background in developing high-scale software infrastructure and has previously achieved successful outcomes in the startup space.
Titan is an intelligent mining management software suite, transparent mining pool, and decentralized protocol for global hashpower trading. Built by miners for miners, Titan makes mining easy, profitable, and scalable. Titan was formed and founded within Bloq in 2018, by Ryan Condron, Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak. Most mining management software options are either incomplete or difficult to scale. The Titan software makes management and optimization easy for cryptocurrency mines of any size. Titan's Next Generation Mining Pool offers a powerful North American alternative and a way for the continent’s Bitcoin miners to achieve the efficiency and scale enjoyed by miners in other regions. For more information about the Titan Network - please visit titan.io to read our whitepaper.
Notional is a decentralized protocol that facilitates fixed-rate, fixed-term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform allows users to lend or borrow stablecoins at predetermined interest rates for terms of up to six months, utilizing a token known as fCash. This token can be redeemed for an underlying currency, such as DAI, upon its maturity. Notional features specialized liquidity pools that enable the efficient exchange between cash and fCash, with the exchange rate determining the fixed interest rate for the duration of the fCash token's life. The protocol is designed to be flexible, allowing for the addition of new assets, collateral types, and extended maturities in the future. Prioritizing security, Notional collaborates with industry experts to ensure the robustness of its smart contracts and the soundness of its economic framework.
Zora operates as a crypto-driven marketplace.
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, designed for derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Sydney, Australia, the platform enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens. Synthetix offers various products, including the Synthetix Network Token (SNX), which serves as collateral for synthetic assets like sUSD and sEUR. Additionally, it provides Mintr, a decentralized application for SNX holders, and Swappr, a tool facilitating conversions between SNX and Ethereum. The platform aims to address the challenges of volatility in cryptocurrencies by allowing users to gain exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, and indices through synthetic assets, thereby ensuring liquidity and enabling peer-to-contract trading. Founded in 2018, Synthetix promotes an open and transparent ecosystem, leveraging smart contracts to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility.
Audius, Inc. develops a decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating using blockchain technology to share music. It provides features that include audio file hosting and streaming, creator dashboard, exclusinve content, listen without downloading additional software, and earn royalties. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Developer of a community-governed derivatives exchange intended to unite performance and autonomy. The company develops an ethereum-based exchange that uses a liquidity-mining token model along with open order book and on-chain settlements for the trades, enabling traders to participate in the governance and operations of the exchange.
The Graph is a protocol designed for building decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS using GraphQL. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a decentralized indexing and query layer for the decentralized web. Developers can create and publish open APIs, known as subgraphs, which applications can query to access blockchain data. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, POA, and IPFS, with plans to expand to additional networks. A hosted service is available to help developers begin building on the platform, while a decentralized network is set to launch soon. Approximately 1,700 subgraphs have been deployed for various decentralized applications, including notable projects like Uniswap, Synthetix, and Decentraland.
CoinDCX is a company that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. The company focuses on developing borderless financial services that ensure a simpler and uninterrupted flow of capital. Its liquidity, powerful wallet, and impenetrable security make the trading experience fast, reliable, and effortless. CoinDCX has empowered its traders with a bouquet of industry-first products to trade using liquidity from exchanges. The products are designed for all types of traders keeping their trading experience, risk tolerance, and trading frequency into consideration. The company aims to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone. CoinDCX was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.